Works On My Machine, or the Problem is between Keyboard and Chair
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The claim is that the tech industry is a buggy system built by and for privileged people and that this produces concrete harms: virtual assistants fail to flag abuse, face recognition mislabels people of color, Airbnb removes housing stock, animations trigger panic attacks, and security flaws expose personal safety. Data presented: less than 30% of employees in Tech are women, less than 10% of software developers are women, 41% of women leave careers in technology after 10 years, and 85–95% of OSS contributors are men. The proposed tools are 11 practical steps: learning, empathy, bias work, policy, mentoring, funding, amplification and measurable inclusion practices.
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- 0:00Start
- 2:05Code Debugging
- 2:26Spaghetti Code
- 5:29Understanding ourselves
- 6:55Privilege: The human version of "works on my machine"
- 16:42ruin lives
- 18:54Our code is not neutral
- 20:28exists between Keyboard and Chair
- 21:50The Tech Industry works for me, so your problem with it isn't real.
- 23:05Educate yourself about systemic issues and oppression
- 23:31Practice Empathy because we need it to be good designers & developers
- 24:48Understand Privileges and use them for good
- 25:20Address biases and establish policies to address them
- 26:42Work on diversity because it's our moral obligation
- 27:42Work on inclusion to make spaces welcoming and safe
- 28:26Give our knowledge, time, technical skills, money
- 28:53Work on being allies constantly.
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